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SALISBURY - Five Conemaugh Township Lady Indians finished in double-digits Wednesday in a 77-30 win over host Salisbury. Carly Baer paced the team with 14 points. Kelsey Smith dropped in 12 points. Lyndy Baer, Kayla Luprek and Abbey Roberts scored 10 points apiece. Roberts also pulled down 10 rebounds. Emily Lowery led the Lady Elks with a double-double of 10 points and 11 rebounds. Kylee Short added nine points. "The girls were very hungry to get back out on the court after the holiday layoff," head coach Stacey Hazlett said.

A Rockwood man faces up to five years in jail after taking a gun into the Turkeyfoot school the same day as the deadly school shooting in Connecticut. State police charged Charles V. King II, 41, Kanual Road, with possession of a weapon on school property, a first-degree misdemeanor, and summary criminal trespass. Cpl. Bill Link said King went to the school Dec. 14 with a pistol in the back pocket of his pants and a school official noticed it. King has a concealed weapon carry permit.

HARNEDSVILLE - Sadie Riskus scored a game-high 20 points and Katie Ryan posted a double-double to help Turkeyfoot defeat Salisbury 64-44 in the Mitch Hartman Christmas Tournament championship game Monday. "My girls played really well," Turkeyfoot coach Alisa Miller said Tuesday. "We're really coming together as a team. Hopefully that will continue. " Ryan ended the game with 16 points and a team-high 10 rebounds while earning tournament MVP honors. Rounding out the all-tournament team selections were Riskus and Maddie Bender of Turkeyfoot; Kylee Short of Salisbury; Montana Kitzmiller of Union (W.Va.)

Turkeyfoot school board members have spent months paring down a $450,000 deficit through spending cuts. Although the school hasn't reached a balanced budget yet, Superintendent Darlene Pritt said the district is on its way. "It's the largest (deficit) we've faced," she said. "We're pleased. In about a month and a half we've trimmed about $300,000. There's still $150,000 that we need to find. " The school board plans to pass a preliminary budget next month of $5.24 million.

The Future Farmers of America at Turkeyfoot high school is expanding to give students insight into the livestock and agriculture industry. The group began last year and received its charter at the Pennsylvania Farm Show in January. “It's an excellent opportunity for students to acquire vocational and agricultural skills while they're in school,” Penn State University mentor to FFA advisers Doyle Paul said. “Sometimes that gives them an early indication if that's something they'd like to pursue later in life.” The FFA groups give students hands-on experience with livestock and agriculture.

The students and staff of Turkeyfoot Valley Area School District participated in "Pink Day" on Nov. 2. Brittany Dwire suggested the idea and everyone thought it was a great way to support breast cancer awareness. Students and teachers came to school dressed in as much pink as they could put on. There were pink shirts, pink pants, pink socks, pink hair-ties, pink jackets, pink everything! The students and staff that wore pink were pictured for the school yearbook. They also received little pink buttons that said "Susan G. Komen Passionately Pink for the Cure.

Teachers are people who we have known for many years, at least in a teenage frame of mind. They are there for our questions, to encourage us and to prepare us for what lies outside of our familiar school hallways when we graduate. But do we take these hard-working men and women for granted? I believe so. Recently I had the honor of being a student delegate to the Public School Board Association conference in Hershey. While we were there, we listened to inspirational speakers whose speeches spoke to the teachers as much as the students.